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Gifted Children

This section is dedicated to providing books for gifted and talented children in New Zealand (NZ). There are books that cover giftedness, social, emotional, sensitivities, intensities, twice exceptional and how some children see the would such as visual spatial learners. We have created categories for parents, teachers, self help as well as a fictional section with books that gifted children can relate to. We hope you find this category on gifted kids useful.

	A Mind at a Time By: Mel Levine Format: Paperback $33.90 "Different minds learn differently," writes Dr. Mel Levine, one of the best-known learning experts and pediatricians in America today. Some students are strong in certain areas and some are strong in others, but no one is equally capable in all. Yet most... More information... , , /
	A Parent's Guide to Gifted Children By: Carol Ann Strip, Gretchen Hirsch Format: Paperback From $15.90 Raising a gifted child is both a joy and a challenge, yet parents of gifted children have few resources for reliable parenting information. The four authors, who have decades of professional experience with gifted children and their families, provide prac... More information... , , /
	Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day By: Carol Ann Strip, Gretchen Hirsch Format: Paperback From $15.90 Alexander knew it was going to be a terrible day when he woke up with gum in this hair. And it got worse... His best friend deserted him. There was no dessert in his lunch bag. And, on top of all that, there were lima beans for dinner and kissing on TV! T... More information... , , /
	And Still We Rise The Trials and Triumphs of Twelve Gifted Inner-City Students By: Carol Ann Strip, Gretchen Hirsch Format: Paperback From $15.90 Bestselling author of The Killing Season and veteran Los Angeles Times reporter Miles Corwin spent a school year with twelve high school seniors -- South-Central kids who qualified for a gifted program because of theur exceptional IQs and test scores. Sit... More information... , , /
	Asperger Syndrome and Adolescence Helping Preteens & Teens Get Ready for the Real World By: Carol Ann Strip, Gretchen Hirsch Format: Paperback From $15.90 Asperger Syndrome is on the high-functioning end of the autism spectrum and is characterized by a lack of social skills, abnormal preoccupation with certain objects or tasks, and the inability to control one?s rage. It is also characterized by high creati... More information... , , /
	Counting on Frank By: Carol Ann Strip, Gretchen Hirsch Format: Paperback From $15.90 Frank is a lucky dog. He lives with a mathematical genius. Then his master uses his brain to win a family trip to Hawaii, and of course, Frank goes too. Young readers will instantly befriend this unconventional boy who uses facts, figures, and his own... More information... , , /
	Driven To Distraction Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder from Childhood Through Adulthood By: Carol Ann Strip, Gretchen Hirsch Format: Paperback From $15.90 Through vivid stories of the experiences of their patients (both adults and children), Drs. Hallowell and Ratey show the varied forms ADD takes -- from the hyperactive search for high stimulation to the floating inattention of daydreaming -- and the trans... More information... , , /
	Exceptionally Gifted Children By: Carol Ann Strip, Gretchen Hirsch Format: Paperback From $15.90 Exceptionally Gifted Children is unique. The first edition of this book, published in 1993, introduced 15 remarkable children, some of the most gifted young people ever studied, and traced their path through school, exploring their academic achievements (... More information... , , /
	From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler By: Carol Ann Strip, Gretchen Hirsch Format: Paperback From $15.90 Claudia knew that she could never pull off the old-fashioned kind of running away...so she decided not to run FROM somewhere, but TO somewhere. And so, after some careful planning, she and her younger brother, Jamie, escaped -- right into a mystery that m... More information... , , /
	Growing Up Gifted Developing the Potential of Children at Home and at School (7th Edition) By: Carol Ann Strip, Gretchen Hirsch Format: Paperback From $15.90 This leading introduction to gifted and talented children retains proven parts of its original structure and combines it with the knowledge and best practices from a variety of sources. It incorporates knowledge from many disciplines and integrates best ... More information... , , /
	Harriet the Spy By: Carol Ann Strip, Gretchen Hirsch Format: Paperback From $15.90 Harriet M. Welsch is a spy. In her notebook, she writes down everything she knows about everyone, even her classmates and her best friends. Then Harriet loses track of her notebook, and it ends up in the wrong hands. Before she can stop them, her friends ... More information... , , /
	Hatchet By: Carol Ann Strip, Gretchen Hirsch Format: Paperback From $15.90 ALONE Thirteen-year-old Brian Robeson is on his way to visit his father when the single-engine plane in which he is flying crashes. Suddenly, Brian finds himself alone in the Canadian wilderness with nothing but a tattered Windbreaker and the hatchet hi... More information... , , /
	Helping Gifted Children Soar A Practical Guide for Parents and Teachers By: Carol Ann Strip, Gretchen Hirsch Format: Paperback From $15.90 Helping Gifted Children Soar: A Practical Guide for Parents and Teachers: This user-friendly guidebook educates parents and teachers about important gifted issues such as working together, evalutaing classroom programs, forming parent support groups, c... More information... , , /
	In the Mind's Eye Visual Thinkers, Gifted People With Dyslexia and Other Learning Difficulties, Computer Images and the Ironie By: Carol Ann Strip, Gretchen Hirsch Format: Paperback From $15.90 The computer-generated information superhighway could launch a new renaissance of creativity for millions of visual thinkers! Some of the greatest minds in politics, science, literature, and the arts experienced undetected learning disabilities that stopp... More information... , , /
	Joey Pigza Loses Control (Joey Pigza Books) By: Carol Ann Strip, Gretchen Hirsch Format: Paperback From $15.90 "He was wired. No dought about it...Now I know what Mom meant when she said he was like me, only bigger."Joey Pigza really wants his six-week visit with his dad to count, to show him he's not as wired as he used to be, to show his dad how much he loves hi... More information... , , /

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Gifted Children

A Mind at a Time

A Parent's Guide to Gifted Children

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

And Still We Rise
The Trials and Triumphs of Twelve Gifted Inner-City Students

Asperger Syndrome and Adolescence
Helping Preteens & Teens Get Ready for the Real World

Counting on Frank

Driven To Distraction
Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder from Childhood Through Adulthood

Exceptionally Gifted Children

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

Growing Up Gifted
Developing the Potential of Children at Home and at School
(7th Edition)

Harriet the Spy

Hatchet

Helping Gifted Children Soar
A Practical Guide for Parents and Teachers

In the Mind's Eye
Visual Thinkers, Gifted People With Dyslexia and Other Learning Difficulties, Computer Images and the Ironie

Joey Pigza Loses Control
(Joey Pigza Books)

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